If the Pittsburgh Steelers want to keep pace with the rest of the AFC and get the offense on track, they must get back to running the football. This is how they did it last season after the bye week and it would behoove them to do it again this time around.
This means Tomlin and his staff must sort out who they utilize running backs Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren in terms of workload and scheme. When asked about it in his Tuesday press conference and frankly offered up an answer too convoluted to take very seriously.
Some of it is very black-and-white informational, some of it is gut-oriented, some of it is a mix of the two. And that’s how it gets done. So I try not to do it specifically with a cookie cutter because you miss opportunities to get better your variables and unique variables and all circumstances that require analysis.
And so I’m comfortable enough in my skin and in my position that I don’t make cookie-cutter decisions I view them on an individual basis. I’ve outlined in great detail that both guys are going to be significant components of what we do and have been and will continue to be and how we choose to divide the labor up on the game in the game out basis is continually evolving.
So when you read the last paragraph could you infer it means Warren is finally going to start seeing the football more? Warren has been the better back this season, in part because the offensive line is struggling and Warren has a better skill set to create for himself when things break down.
